Building construction



Mar. 6, 1923.

4A. W. KRUSEE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed May 2o, 1921 2 sheet-snee' 2APatented Mar. 6, 1923.

ARTHUR W. KRUSEE, OF FORT MORGAN, COLORADO.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed May 20, 1921.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ARTHUR vW. KRUsEn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Morgan, in the county of Morgan and State of Colorado,have invented new and useful Improvements in Building Constructions, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the construction of a concrete building, thegeneral object of the invention being to provide an air space in thewalls 0f the building by forming said walls of two spaced rows of slabs,the slabs of each row being suitably connected together.

Another object of the invention 1s to provide means for connecting thetwo rows ,together without stopping up the air space between the tworows.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated-in the accompanying drawingsand speciiically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanyirn'g` drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure lis a fragmentary view of a partially completed building constructed inaccordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a section on line Q-Q of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. ure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view of one of the foundation blocks.

Figure 5 is a view of one of the wall slabs.

As shown in these views each wall of the building as composed of anouter wall l, and an inner wall 2 which are spaced apart to form an airspace 3. These walls are composed of the concrete slabs 4 which aresuitably molded to provide Veshaped recesses 5 in the side edges andtheir lower ends with ridges of wedge-shape, as shown at G. These slabsare provided with reenforcements, as shown at 7, the horizontalreenforcementsbeing in the form of plates 8 which pro]ect from the sideedges of the slabs and are provided with bolt receiving holes so thatthe plates of one slab can be bolted to the plates of the adjacentslabs. Some of the slabs seriai Nq. L71,065.

are of angle shape, as shown at 5', to form the corners of the building.Blocks 9 are formed for the foundation of the building. Each blockbeingprovided in its upper face with a pair of V-shaped grooves l()which are adapted to receive the ridges 6 of the slabs. The grooves l()are spaced apart a distance equal to the air space 3. Each block 9 isformed with a recess 1l for receiving the floor joist.

These foundation blocks are placed in position and then the slabs 4 areplaced upon the foundation blocks with their wedgeshaped ends 6 fittingin the grooves lO in said blocks. The plates 8 are bolted together andthese plates are of sufficient length as to hold the slabs spaced apart.Cross plates 12 are connected with the plates 8 by the same bolts thatconnect the said )lates 8 together, said cross plates extending acrossthe air space and connecting the plates 8 of one set of slabs with theplates of the other slabs. Thus these cross plats connect the two rowsof slabs togther in spaced relation. The spaces between the slabs ofeach row are filled in with concrete. The V-shaped recesses in the edgesof the slabs will insure the concrete securely binding together theslabs. This concrete will also enclose the ends of the plates 8 andplates 12. Thus the two rows of slabs will be bound together and twocontinuous walls formed with a continuous air space between them.

If a building is to be -constructed of greater height than the length ofthe slabs, blocks 9, made similar to the blocks 9, can be placed on theupper ends of the slabs, after the same has been cemented together, asshown at 9X. Other slabs are then placed upon said blocks 9 to make thewalls of double height.

It will thus be seen that a building constructed in accordance with myinvention will have double walls of solid construction, the two parts ofthe wall being spaced apart to provide an air space and both parts ofthe wall being suitably reenforced and connected together by the metalties with metal plates connecting the two parts of the walls together.

It is thought from theforegoing description that the advantages andnovel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the'constructionand in the combination and arrangement. of the several parts, providedthat-such changes fall Within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is r A building of the class described having its Wallsformed of a double row of slabs spaced apart to form an air space, eachslab having recesses in its side edges, reinforcing means passingthroughthe slabs and prolO jecting into the recesses, metal strips bridging thespace between the rows and having their ends located in the recesses,means for connecting the strips and the reinforcing members together inthe recesses and a ce ment filling in said recesses enclosing' theconnected ends of the strips and reinforcing members.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ARTHUR W. KRUSEE.

